315 Quotes by Rupi Kaur

'You're beautiful' was the compliment I craved so much. I didn't care if people called me smart or innovative - it was the number-one compliment I gave out to other women hoping it was given back to me. I heard people saying it to my best friends. It was the one I wanted to hear more than anything else.

Truth, honesty, empowerment - it's what I want for myself and my readers.

Why are brown women bullying brown women for body hair? Why are brown women bullying brown women for the same traits we all have?

My writing is a product of how I would interact with things that have happened to me or things that have not happened to me but have happened to somebody else.

A lot of Indian fathers don't know how to show affection. My parents really do love me, even though my dad has never been able to say those words to me.

Growing up, I naturally embraced who I was, but I was always battling with myself. So I spent half my time being proud of being a woman and the other half completely hating it.

If I body-shame a woman, it is more a reflection of me being critical of my body, me not being able to keep up to certain standards I have, and so making sure that the women around me feel the same way.

I think I only started to speak to people in grade four.

I was always writing for myself. I wrote what I needed to write and hear - that's what makes it powerful.